Last updated on: 8/7/2017 | Author: ProCon.org

International Firearm Homicide Rates

2010-2015

According to the Small Arms Survey, out of 195 countries the United States had the 61st highest firearm homicide rate at 2.70 murders per 100,000 people between 2010 and 2015. Honduras reported the highest rate at 67.19 gun homicides per 100,000 people and Brazil had the highest total number of firearm homicides with 38,494. 

RankCountryFirearm Homicide Rate per 100,000 PeopleNumber of Firearm Homicides
1Honduras67.195,218
2Venezuela52.0315,533
3El Salvador48.762,969
4Jamaica31.80882
5Guatemala29.934,542
6Belize29.71100
7Colombia26.7612,442
8Puerto Rico25.12932
9Bahamas24.8291
10Trinidad and Tobago23.73320
11South Africa19.1110.097
12Brazil19.1038,494
13Lesotho18.71383
14Afghanistan14.844,148
15Panama14.35536
16Dominican Republic13.321,356
17Swaziland10.87134
18Guyana10.3478
19Haiti9.46973
20Paraguay9.35585
21Mexico8.3310,913
22Iraq8.322,742
23Saint Kitts and Nevis8.094
24Saint Lucia7.8914
25Philippines6.896,616
25Ecuador6.89842
27Bolivia6.40657
28Costa Rica5.91278
29Nicaragua5.56325
30Democratic Republic of the Congo5.213,434
31Pakistan4.948.758
32Barbados4.9214
33Zimbabwe4.68682
34Mauritania4.55172
35Peru4.461,347
36Gabon4.4371
37Yemen4.391,092
38Saudi Arabia4.341,280
39Botswana4.2090
40Zambia4.19620
41Thailand4.082,741
42Seychelles4.004
43Cameroon3.88840
44Russia3.805,446
45Cape Verde3.6118
45Togo3.6118
47Cote d'Ivoire3.54748
48Uruguay3.53120
49Congo3.36144
50Liberia3.25136
51Central African Republic3.17146
52Mali3.16508
53Somalia3.07308
54Burundi3.05309
55Albania3.0288
56Sao Tome and Principe2.825
57Sierra Leone2.82170
58Papua New Guinea2.81201
58Guinea2.77323
60Comoros2.7220
61United States2.708,592
62Guinea-Bissau2.6646
63Senegal2.6046
64Dominica2.582
65Djibouti2.5322
65Gambia2.5346
67Argentina2.521,062
68Niger2.49440
69Oman2.4787
70Sudan2.45925
71Kenya2.391,016
72South Sudan2.29252
73Kuwait2.1874
74Burkina Faso2.14355
75Namibia2.1248
76Chad2.11269
77Islamic Republic of Iran2.051,561
78Kiribati2.032
79United Arab Emierates2.01180
80Lebanon1.9797
81Montenegro1.9112
81Jordan1.91133
83Qatar1.8137
84Grenada1.792
85Tonga1.772
86Benin1.70171
87United Republic of Tanzania1.65805
87Eritrea1.6581
89Equatorial Guinea1.6112
89Palestine1.6169
91Egypt1.581,353
92Madagascar1.54344
93Lao People's Democratic Republic1.5399
94Angola1.52340
95Kazakhstan1.51255
96Algeria1.47530
97Chile1.46252
98Antigua and Barbusa1.391
99Burma1.34703
99Turkemistan1.3469
100Bangladesh1.241,918
101Ghana1.19303
102Suriname1.166
103Maldives1.154
104Sri Lanka1.09223
105Libyan Arab Jamahiriya1.0768
106Bosnia and Herzegovina1.0340
106Ethiopia1.03953
108Israel0.9673
109Marshall Islands0.901
110Federated States of Micronesia0.871
111Turkey0.79585
111Tunisia0.7986
113Uzbekistan0.77221
114Rwanda0.7480
115Mozambique0.66170
116Mauritius0.638
116The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia0.6313
118Serbia0.5953
119Uganda0.55186
120Syrian Arab Republic0.54109
121Samoa0.521
121Greece0.5258
123Timor-Leste0.495
124Cyprus0.475
124Democratic People's Republic of Korea0.47115
126Canada0.45158
127Solomon Islands0.442
128Norway0.4120
129Andorra0.400
130Malta0.382
130Croatia0.3817
130Estonia0.385
133Taiwan0.3787
134Italy0.35210
135Vanuatu0.241
135Cambodia0.3450
137Bulgaria0.3324
138Portugal0.3032
138Republic of Moldova0.3012
138Malaysia0.3087
138Kyrgyzstan0.3017
138Ireland0.2914
138Finland0.2916
138Belgium0.2932
145Vietnam0.28252
145India0.283,498
147Latvia0.265
147Armenia0.265
149Nigeria0.25422
149Cuba0.2528
151Bhutan0.242
151Netherlands0.2440
153Azerbaijan0.2322
154France0.22138
154Ukraine0.22100
156Lithuania0.217
157Mongolia0.206
157Slovakia0.2011
157Sweden0.2019
160Georgia0.198
160Switzerland0.1814
160Indonesia0.17406
163Nepal0.1645
163Denmark0.169
165Czech Republic0.1516
165Australia0.1534
165Tajikistan0.1512
168Spain0.1361
169Belarus0.1212
169Austria0.1210
169New Zealand0.125
172Malawi0.1016
172England & Wales0.1016
174Brunei Darussalam0.090
175Hungary0.088
175Bahrain0.081
177Germany0.0755
178Romania0.0510
178Slovenia0.051
178China0.05619
178Poland0.0518
182Republic of Korea0.0210
183Japan0.0114
184Scotland0.002
184Anguilla0.000
184Fiji0.000
184Hong Kong0.000
184Iceland0.000
184Morocco0.000
184Nauru0.000
184Niue0.000
184San Marino0.000
184Singapore0.000
184Tuvalu0.000

Source:

Small Arms Survey, “Firearms and Violent Deaths,” Small Arms Survey website (accessed June 13, 2017)